'''Outpunk''' was a [[fanzine]] by Matt Wobensmith run out of San Francisco.

'''Outpunk''' was a [[fanzine]] by Matt Wobensmith run out of San Francisco.

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Outpunk ran for seven issues from 1992 till 1997 with contributions from queer punks such as [[Anonymous Boy]] and [[Donna Dresch]] of [[Chainsaw]], interviews with queercore bands such as Tribe 8 and Pansy Division, and a split issue with [[Fembot]], a zine by [[Gary Fembot]] of the band Sta-Prest. Issue 6 was a [[compzine|compendium]] consisting of a collection of reprints of articles from zines that Matt felt were notable, such as [[Bamboo Girl]], [[Bikini Kill]], [[Double Bill]], [[Fat Girl]], [[Fembot]], [[Girl Germs]], [[Jane Gets A Divorce]], [[Now I Devour You]], [[PC Casualties]], [[Rude Girl]], [[Queer]], [[Shrimp]] and many others. '''Outpunk''' was also a record label, the first devoted to queer [[punk]] bands, releasing the first recordings by bands such as Tribe 8, Pansy Division, Sta-Prest, Behead The Prophet No Lord Shall Live, Mulkilteo Fairies (both Mulkilteo Fairies and Behead the Prophet No Lord Shall Live featured zine editor [[Joshua Plague]] on vocals) and others.

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Outpunk ran for seven issues from 1992 till 1997 with contributions from queer punks such as [[Anonymous Boy]] and [[Donna Dresch]] of [[Chainsaw]], interviews with queercore bands such as Tribe 8 and Pansy Division, and a split issue with [[Fembot]], a zine by [[Gary Fembot]] of the band Sta-Prest. Issue 6 was a [[compzine|compilation]] issue consisting of a collection of reprints of articles from zines that Matt felt were notable, such as [[Bamboo Girl]], [[Bikini Kill]], [[Double Bill]], [[Fat Girl]], [[Fembot]], [[Girl Germs]], [[Jane Gets A Divorce]], [[Now I Devour You]], [[PC Casualties]], [[Rude Girl]], [[Queer]], [[Shrimp]] and many others. '''Outpunk''' was also a record label, the first devoted to queer [[punk]] bands, releasing the first recordings by bands such as Tribe 8, Pansy Division, Sta-Prest, Behead The Prophet No Lord Shall Live, Mulkilteo Fairies (both Mulkilteo Fairies and Behead the Prophet No Lord Shall Live featured zine editor [[Joshua Plague]] on vocals) and others.

Matt Wobensmith was featured in the [[Punk Planet]] publication ''We Owe You Nothing: Punk Planet, the collected interviews''.

Matt Wobensmith was featured in the [[Punk Planet]] publication ''We Owe You Nothing: Punk Planet, the collected interviews''.

Matt Wobensmith was featured in the Punk Planet publication We Owe You Nothing: Punk Planet, the collected interviews.

In D.I.Y.: The Rise Of Lo-Fi, Amy Spencer writes; "Matt Wobensmith...feels that a person's self-identification shouldn't form the basis of their whole personality. 'Gay people often sacrifice the culture they come from just to belong to something,' says Matt." Spencer continues, "This sacrifice of a radical culture whether as an artist, punk or anarchist, is what the queercore movement has always battled against."